Breaking bad news: The S-P-I-K-E-S strategy

Community Oncology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 138-142

  Buckman, Robert A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FAMILY; GUILT; HELPLESSNESS; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORALITY; ONCOLOGY; PRIVACY; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 15444366584     PISSN: 15485315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1548-5315(11)70867-1     Document Type: Review

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